5 Massachusetts opinions name it 1 courts 1989–2025 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Poiriergreen1 sentence2023See Commonwealth v. Poirier, 458 Mass. 1014, 1015 (2010). 4 We have not been provided with a transcript of the change of plea hearing. | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Lamrinigreen1 sentence2003To the contrary, the defendant unequivocally admitted to the facts stated by the prosecutor and stated that [he] was pleading guilty solely because [he] was guilty.” Commonwealth v. Lamrini, 27 Mass. App. Ct. at 665 (citations omitted). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Perry
green
1 sentence2025Despite this erroneous prediction, the plea was neither involuntary nor unintelligent because at the change of plea hearing "the judge correctly told the defendant that the penalty for second degree murder was not discretionary, and was life imprisonment with a possibility of parole in fifteen years." Id. at 470 . | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Hill v. Lockhart
green
1 sentence2017"In the context of a guilty plea, in order to satisfy the 'prejudice' requirement, the defendant has the burden of establishing that 'there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.' " Clarke , 460 Mass. at 47 , quoting from Hill v. Lockhart , 474 U.S. 52 , 59 (1985). | 1 | 2017–2017 |
Commonwealth v. Clarke
green
1 sentence2017"In the context of a guilty plea, in order to satisfy the 'prejudice' requirement, the defendant has the burden of establishing that 'there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.' " Clarke , 460 Mass. at 47 , quoting from Hill v. Lockhart , 474 U.S. 52 , 59 (1985). | 1 | 2017–2017 |
Commonwealth v. Nolan
green
1 sentence1989“We would suggest. . . that a duty is cast on the lawyers on both sides to be alert and helpful if it appears that the judge through inadvertence may not be carrying out the full requirements of the rule.” Commonwealth v. Nolan, supra at 502 . | 1 | 1989–1989 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.